Audio Visual Lagoon to find out the fair use and

performance of videos and other media in the

educational setting.

Under the TEACH Act and certain circumstances you can

show parts of audio-visual material at a distance to students.
You cannot show videos that are unrelated to class work or
during extracurricular activities, like sports. If you show a video
on a cable television you need to need to get written
permission. You can show video in closed circuit television in
the same building only and in face-to-face setting but also in a
digital form.

Application for teachers:

This information is essential for teachers who use outside audio

visual forms of aid in teaching. Knowing this information can
also help, coaches for sports teams and after school activities,
because they can follow all copy right laws when choosing
videos to the students. Classroom teachers should also
consider the copy right provisions when showing their students
videos that aid to classroom discussions.

Dist-Ed Point to find out about copyright issues and

distance education (as opposed to face-to-face
teaching).
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Using copyrighted work at a distance is allowed, only if a NON-
PROFIT institution allows only students who are enrolled in a
course, to view the material. As long as:
• "reasonable and limited" portions are used
• the material is available for a brief period of time when
students are participating in instructional activities.
If the instructor uses a not digital form of audio-visual copy
protected performance in an “at a distance” way, they must:
• only use a "reasonable and limited" section of the work
• use it as,"directly related and of material assistance to
the teaching content."
• make sure there are no other copies

Applications for Teachers

As a future educator this will be important if you are
teaching an online class or use an website to aid your class.
The instructor will need to make sure that only a section of the
copy righted material is available and it is only available for a
section of the course time. When using non-digital forms of the
material it is essential that no other copies could be made from
it.

Single Copying Inlet to find out about your fair use

privileges in making copies of print materials for
scholastic purposes.

Educators must follow the House Guidelines when making single copies of
the following:
An educator can make a copy of the following...
· A book’s chapter
· A periodical’s article or a newspaper’s article
· A short story, a short essay and or a short poem
whether or not from a cooperative work
· A chart, graph and or a picture from a book,
periodical or newspaper
· Libraries may make single copies available to the
student at the request of the educator
· An educator may place books, magazines, or other
documents in the library’s reserve room.
· Libraries may also make single copies for use in the
reserve room at the request of an educator
· Digitizing an article and restricting access to the
article to students enrolled in a course.
 · The creation of course packs must meet fair use
guidelines for multiple copies which include
-limitations for brevity and to one term
-copying should be done by non-profit educational
setting
-authorization from authors must be considered
-the best option will be to put material in library
reserve use only.

Applications for Teachers

Educators of non- profit educational institutions are allow to create single
use copies of copyrighted works without having to pay or ask permission from
publishers. This privilege is not unlimited and is to be use by following a set of
guidelines not laws. The set of guidelines are a set of restrictions that state the
standard of fair use single copying privilege for educators. The guidelines
which were established by the House of Representatives dictate that teachers
may make single copies of the following copyrighted works: a book’s section,
an article in the newspaper, a short story and or a chart from a book and etc. In
addition educators are allowed to place books or copyrighted work in the
library’s reserve room for research purposes. Libraries may also make single
copies at the request of the educators and place them in the reserve room. The
question about “fair use” comes up about whether it is fair or not to use
“Electronic Reserves.” The question is centered on interpretation over the new
“Digital Millennium Copyright Act” signed into law in 1998. Another issue
that revolves around much controversy is “course packs,” which deals with
issues under the category of making multiple copies. In “fair use” of multiple
copies “course packs” must have limitations for briefness, limitations to a term,
copying should be done within a non-profit educational setting, permission may
have to be considered, and an attorney should be consulted for questions.
There is so much to be considered before doing a “course pack” or multiple
copies that it might be better to place material on reserve for library use only.

Cove of Multiple Copies to find out about your fair use

privileges in making copies for students.

“Fair use” guidelines that must be follow when making

multiple copies in a classroom setting.
When making multiple copies:
· Article- perimeter is 2,500 words
· A longer work of prose- perimeter is 1,000, or 10%
of the work, or whichever is less.
· A poem-perimeter is 250 words
· A longer poem, an excerpt with a limit of 250 words
· No more than one chart, picture or diagram from a
book, periodical, or newspaper
· The copying must be done spontaneously
· Copying must be done at a time when it is difficult
to get consent
· One copy per student
· No charge for the student except to recover the
cost of copying
· Copying is done for only one course
· Item must not be copy from term to term
· No more than one work is copied from a sole author
· No more than three authors are copied from a sole
cooperative work
· No more than nine occurrences of multiple copying
happen throughout a single term.
· “Consumable works” like workbooks, and
standardized tests shall not be copied.
· Newspapers and periodical can be copy as many
times as the teacher wants as long as the word limit is
kept.
· Copies of collective work are not to be made
· An educator must ask a publisher’s permission
when he or she has time.

Applications for Teachers

I think that it is very important to follow the “fair use”
guidelines when making multiple copies in the classroom
because it will place teachers in the “safe harbor” and make
them look more professional and respectful to the authors.
The word perimeters set for articles, poem and or works should
be carefully followed to prevent going over the boundaries. A
teacher is in the “safe harbor” when he or she makes copies at
the moment of inspiration and fallows word perimeter, size,
and briefness.
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Background Beach to find out a little history of

copyright and fair use, and why they are important to
educator
Copyrights are property rights that give creators the
exclusive right to protect their creations.
The right of a copyright owner include:
1. Right to reproduce copyrighted work
2. Right to prepare more work based on the originals
3.To distribute copies
4. Perform the work publicly
5. Display the work publicly
If working at nonprofit educational setting, the worries
should be minimal because in this type of institutions
this guidelines are followed as a rule of thumb.

Based on the nature and character used that educators and

non profit educational settings demonstrate, many have been
exempt from law suits or accusations of infringement.
However, being an educator or non profit academic setting
does not exempt them from following specific criteria to ensure
the proper used of copyright material. Four major points, also
refer to “Fair Use” must be consider when deciding to include
other’s creation in their academic curriculum.

1. Purpose and character of the use. (Educational nature or

commercial nature?)
2. Nature of copyright work (Is the work grouped to the rest
of information that is given?)
3. Amount and substantially (only use what is necessary)
4. Effect of the use upon potential market. (Is the copyright
holder being affected economically?)
This type of criteria also applies to information found in the
Internet.

Multimedia Wharf to find out about your fair use

privileges in the creation of multimedia
Students and educators may incorporate other’s work in their
own multimedia creations or academic assignments. However
they should always reconsider the fair use guidelines.
1. Motion Media
10 % or 3 minutes are commended to use. It is important to
keep in mind the proper use of others work before
incorporating them in our own creations. Most of this work
should only be used to convey specific points that as educators
or students are trying to make not as the body of our entire
work. Using a whole creation increases the risk of infringement.
2. Poems
250 words
3 poems limit per poet
5 from different poets from an anthology
3. Music
10% or 30 seconds

4. Photos:
5 from a single author
15 from a collection

Application for teachers:

Having this type of information allows students and teachers to
make good use of the resources and information available to
them. However, in exchange of having the access to others
work, some regulations and guidelines are necessary. Giving
credit to the original authors, limiting the amount of work or
material we use, knowing the effect that the violations of this
guidelines may caused to the authors are important points that
teachers and students should be aware of. Practicing good
ethics and following this guidelines will diminished the worries
of improper used of material.